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19 October 2016, Gaalkacyo, Somalia: The onset of the rainy season is likely to worsen living conditions for those displaced by the violence who are now seeking shelter in the open in Xaar-xaarka area. Credit: OCHA/G.Isse
Violence broke out in Gaalkacyo on 7 October 2016, leaving 11 people dead and...

The sheer scale of humanitarian suffering over-stretched OCHA as well as responders across the humanitarian community.
While working in five level-three emergencies in the Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan, Syria, and Yemen as well as in two sudden onset natural disasters in Nepal and...

With millions of people across the world affected by droughts, floods and other extreme weather events triggered by El Niño, the international community must act now to address urgent humanitarian needs and support building communities’ resilience to future shocks, said Stephen O’...

A severe drought has hit Somalia, with hundreds of thousands of people experiencing water shortages and food insecurity. This drought, compounded by the recent global El Niño phenomenon, has added new challenges to the pre-existing humanitarian situation in the region. In response the United Nations...

After two years in Somalia, Philippe Lazzarini, the UN Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, moves onto his next posting in Beirut, Lebanon. On the eve of his departure from Somalia, we sat down with him to get his insights about the future of a country that is trying to rebuild following two decades...